accomplish

Etymology

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre (“fill up/out, complete”, whence English complete). First attested in the late 14th century.

verb

  1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
  2. (transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
  3. (transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
    to accomplish a design, an object, a promise
  4. (transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
    It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. 1638, John Wilkins, The Discovery of a World in the Moone
    These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. 1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare's Characters
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
  6. (transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.

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